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AI track or startup track? How to choose.

Both domains welcome AI. The difference is what sits at the core of your innovation.

Artwork of a human profile made of violet network lines, listing generative AI, ML, agents, computer vision and NLP.
Artwork · Artificial Intelligence domain

Every Chapter 2 team enters one of two official domains. Because AI can be used in both, the choice comes down to a single question: what is the core of your innovation?

Choose Artificial Intelligence if…

  • a model, an agent or a learning system is the heart of your solution;
  • your solution would not work without its AI component;
  • you want to be evaluated on how well you apply AI to a real problem.

Choose Open Innovation / Startup if…

  • the product, service or business concept is the core of your innovation;
  • AI is one ingredient — or not part of your solution at all;
  • you want to be evaluated on the product as something others could adopt.
AI is permitted but not compulsory in the Open Innovation / Startup Track.

Official evaluation criteria for each domain will be published in the competition rules.

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